Book: Ram Gopal: Interweaving Histories of Indian DanceAuthor: Ann R. David, Bloomsbury Publishing, February 2024. Ann R. David’s Ram Gopal: Interweaving Histories of Indian Dance is a fascinating, very detailed, extensively researched book that details the life and times of famous Indian dancer Ram Gopal (1912-2003) and how he influenced and changed the view of […]

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Most Australian dance studios offer at least one, so what is it that makes dance syllabi valuable in the studio landscape and for dancers in training? In April, Vitality Dance Teacher Conference at VDF24 sat down with some of the biggest names in international dance syllabus organisations to find out what they offer, what makes […]

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Take a dance class on Broadway during your lunch break, try a new style, follow an international teacher, soak up different approaches to technical challenges – digital dance has much to offer dance professionals, dance teachers and dance lovers. What is going on in this quickly advancing field? Whilst digital offerings are often considered complementary […]

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Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney.7 March 2024. Raghav Handa is an acclaimed Indian Australian choreographer, whose latest work The Assembly, presented by and created at Campbelltown Arts Centre, had a short, punchy season earlier this month.  Handa is a diverse artist whose body of work spans performance and choreography that is heavily inspired by his Indian […]

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Opera Australia is returning to Sydney Opera House with a lavish production of Aida. This production is directed and choreographed by Davide Livermore, and features extraordinary design by design studio Giò Forma and costume by Gianluca Falaschi. Dance Informa caught up with dance captain for the production Allie Graham about the experience and about her […]

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Few would argue that one of the most wonderful parts of being human is the capacity to dance, and the potential for dance to bring us joy. But it does so much more than this. Whether you are the dancer or the observer, the experience of dance can open up a whole raft of human […]

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By Paul Ransom of Dance Informa. When controversial choreographer Meryl Tankard returns to Australia to remount her serendipitous interpretation of Stravinsky’s Rite Of Spring, she will bring her past, present and possible future with her. Cue The Oracle. Igor Stravinsky’s much loved (and loathed) Rite Of Spring has fascinated and confounded critics, audiences and choreographers […]

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“Their jumps are astounding, their control is as strong as steel and their free-spirited joy for dance is infectious.” – Sunday Herald Sun  After its acclaimed world-premiere tour throughout Australia in 2011, and then subsequently sold-out seasons in London, Paris, Zurich, Berlin, Frankfurt and Vienna in 2012, the international Cuban sensation Ballet Revolución returns to Australia […]

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By Rebecca Martin. Eifman Ballet is arguably Russia’s most exciting modern ballet company and is touring Australia for the first time this month.  The company’s namesake, director and choreographer, Boris Eifman, is considered the face of modern dance in Russia and is bringing his 50 elite dancers to our shores to perform new works including […]

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